Arizona State
University School of Music
Piano Ensemble
Course Syllabus for
INSTRUCTORS:
Mr. Cosand, Room W-254; E-mail: wc@waltercosand.com
Phone: (480)965-3371
Here
is important information for those registered for Spring 2015!
Before Instruction Begins
Please
send an e-mail message to Mr. Cosand as soon as possible enabling him to learn
your current e-mail address. Please attach your schedule. We will teach this
course as lessons this semester. If you donŐt tell us your schedule we cannot
tell you when to come for a lesson. If you want to play with a specific partner
or are interested in specific repertoire let us know your requests. Likewise,
if you want to let us know confidentially that a certain student would not be a
good partner we need to know that.
Your
instructor will be assigning music the first week; so by the second week you
should receive a message telling you when to come for instruction, with whom
you will play and which part you should learn. You are responsible to rehearse
together once every week in addition to the practice you do individually.
Recital Plans
This
is a performance course and we want every student to play publicly. Your grade
will depend on your cooperation in this aspect of the course. We have scheduled
a program in Katzin Concert Hall for 7:30 p.m., Friday, April 24, 2015, and
most of you will perform at that time!
Learning the Repertoire
This
is not ONLY a performance course. Two pianists as an ensemble have a very rich
literature of music from which to choose, and we want to make sure that you
learn about how much great music we have at our disposal. There are reference
books in the music library that are useful for this purpose. For two pianos see
Hinson's Music for More Than One Piano (ML 128 .P3H52 1983 Music Ref);
for duets McGaw's Piano Duet Repertoire (ML 128 .P3M2 Music Ref).
There's also an interesting list of duets in volumes 5 and 6 of Ferguson's Style
and Interpretation (M21. F37S9, NOT a reference book). Please note well: in
order to get an A for this course, you should cover repertoire (i.e., learn to
play it well) at a rate of five works in two semesters. These five works should
be chosen with my approval from the following categories: one classical, one French,
one Russian, one twentieth-century, and one other. The five pieces should
include work at two pianos as well as music for four hands at one piano. Just
to give you an example of good repertoire coverage consider this model:
Semester One
Two Fugues for
Two Keyboards from "The Art of Fugue" by J. S. Bach
Dolly
(complete), Opus 56, by Gabriel Faure, for four hands
Danza de
Jalisco, by Aaron Copland, arranged by the composer for two pianos
Semester Two
Sonata in F, K.
497 (complete), by W. A. Mozart, for four hands
Second Suite
for Two Pianos, Opus 17 (complete), by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Downloadable Repertoire
Please notice that Mr. CosandŐs website
offers a library of free digital music. It is available from: http://www.waltercosand.com/CosandScores
Academic integrity
All necessary and appropriate sanctions will be issued to all parties
involved with plagiarizing any and all course work. Plagiarism and any other
form of academic dishonesty that is in violation with the Student Code of
Conduct will not be tolerated. http://provost.asu.edu/academicintegrity
Accommodation Notice
To request academic accommodations due to a
disability, please contact the ASU Disability Resource Center http://www.asu.edu/studentaffairs/ed/drc/lab/ (Phone:
480-965-1234;
TDD : 480-965-9000).
This is a very important step as accommodations cannot be made retroactively.
If you have a letter from their office indicating that you have a
disability which requires academic accommodations, please let the instructors
know no later than the end of the first week of the semester so we can discuss the
accommodations that you might need in this class.
Academic Calendar
Please check http://students.asu.edu/academic-calendar for
important dates regarding drop, add, and withdrawal. You are responsible for
withdrawing from the class, should you wish to do so.
Problems?
See Mr. Cosand about problems with this
course. Mr. CosandŐs office hours are posted at http://www.waltercosand.com/office-hours.html
He can be reached by phone or by
e-mail.